Our straight talking Lancashire lass takes a sideways look at the daily news.
An epic bar room brawl
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There is nothing more dignified than the corridors of power in Westminster. Unless you’re Labour MP Eric Joyce, that is.
This week Eric Joyce got hammered in the notoriously boozy Commons Bar and nutted a Tory MP. But not content with that, he then went on to thump three other MPs, creating a Spaghetti Western bar room brawl in the process. I am not lying when I say that I would have given my back teeth to see that.
The assault happened towards last orders, so undoubtedly quite a bit of booze was involved. Joyce was arrested, spent the night in Belgravia police station and woke with a massive hangover and no job.
I mean honestly… politics can get heated, but there’s no need to resort to fisticuffs!
Mind you, this isn’t the first time an MP has been in trouble for losing his cool. I remember the time John Prescott punched a heckler in the face for throwing an egg at his head. I don’t condone violence, but, respect.
Anyhoo, this bad behavior isn’t limited to the UK. In 2009, a bunch of Ukrainian parliamentarians who were members of the opposition barricaded themselves inside parliament, hurled chairs and punches at the ruling party - hospitalising five MPs in the process. And in 2008, fighting broke out in Bolivian parliament over corruption allegations
But these examples are nothing, NOTHING compared to the shenanigans of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan. Not only do they make Eric Joyce’s antics look like playground politics, they come with one of the most awe-inspiring sound-tracks ever. Seriously.
Eric, you’re doing it wrong. If you’re going to have a legislative fistfight, do it properly. Check out the Greatest Taiwanese Parliamentary brawls of all time. Watch and learn. And get yourself an epic backing track for your fisticuffs.
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